Rocking-chair



'No Model.) G. S. COLBURN.

ROGKING CHAIR, Y

No. 551,109. 1 vPatented Dec. 10,1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

v GEORGE S. COLBURN, OF GARDNER, IWIASSACHUSETTS.

ROCKING-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,109, dated December 10, 1895.

v Application filed May Z6, 1894. Serial No. 512,573. (No model.)v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGES. COLBURN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gardner, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rocking-Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention is an improvement upon that type of rocking-chair which has a base-section provided with rails or tracks upon which the rockers of the chair rest. This type of construction is largely employed in rattan or cane chairs, and in the drawings the invention is illustrated as applied to a chair of this class, although I do not wish to be understood as confining my invention thereto.

The invention relates especially to the construction of the base, whereby a very strong and substantial organization is obtained.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a section upon the dotted line of Fig. 2, showing the portion of the chair back of said line. Fig. 2 is a detail view in front elevation, a portion of the chair being broken out. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation, a part of the base being removed. Fig. et is a horizontal section, enlarged, upon the dotted line of Fig. 3.

In the drawings7 A is the base;4 B, the upper section of the chair, or that part which rests upon the base, and Z7 are its rockers, which rest upon the grooved rails or supports a of the base, to which they are attached by springs O and links c. I do not, however, herein claim the said springs, because they form the subject of a separate application. The base A has the sides A A2, each of which comprises a curved preferably round wooden piece or blank a', the lower ends a2 of which form the legs. This curved or arched piece is reinforced by the stay a3, the ends a4 of which are curved downward and united with the legs, and the two sides are connected together by the rounds a5 a, which rest in the corners al, where the ends a4 of the crossbrace unite with the legs. These rounds have the enlarged ends as, and they are pressed apart by the rails or bars a through holes a9,

In cane or rattan chairs the ends of theV various braces at the points where they join each other-namely, where the ends a4 join the legs a2 and Where the ends of the braces v alo join the legs CL2-a winding ofrattan strip about them serves'to further strengthen the construction, andin the drawings au represents suchwinding. It will be understood that these ends are also attached to the legs by nailing or in any other desired way, and they-may also be tied together by sleeves al?. The stays or side braces d3 may also be wound with a rattan strip, and the front and back round braces am may also be united to the rounds a5 a6, respectively, by rattan winding. The main arched piece a of each side may be inclosed or covered upon the sides and top by an ornamental casing or covering of braided or woven cane D, which is united thereto by rattan strips and the lower ends of which extend downward to near the base of the legs, and to which they are appropriately united by rattan strips or in any other desired way.

It will be seen that not only are the various parts of the base securely united and braced, but that the ends of the rails or bars which form the rockersupports are held by the rounds close to the legs and immediately above the points where their braces leave them.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- In a rocking chair the combination of the chair B having the rockers b and the base A composed of the grooved rails a, transverse bars a5, d6, the pieces a', a3 and the braces d10, substantially as described.

GEORGE S. COLBURN'.

Witnesses:

CARL AUGUST OARLSAN, EDGAR L. CooLInGE. 

